With a background in writing and editing magazines and newspapers, Eliabeth Heathcote has now turned her hand to novels, in the form of Undertow.
The dark thriller follows freelance journalist Carmen as she begins to question whether the death of her husband’s former lover really was a tragic accident.
Throughout the book, the author toys with the reader as the protagonist desperately tries to discover the truth about her partner Tom, a successful London lawyer, but she is met with a web of lies and unanswered questions at every turn.
The book has a somewhat slow and wordy start, but still manages to draw you in.
Despite the real tension only really building in the final few chapters, Heathcote conjures up clear imagery throughout and executes a clever twist at the end.
